Jeff Jarrett is one of, if not the greatest performer in the history of pro wrestling as Jeff Jarrett has won championships in every promotion he has worked for, including WWE, where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018. Jarrett recently appeared on the “My World” podcast, where he discussed the day he heard WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon was purchasing WCW and what was his reaction to it.
Jarrett said, “Just hearing different things but nobody could really say exactly what was going to happen.” “But, I knew that that’s when some contract talks started boiling up. Not with me, but with other guys like these things really selling. Basically who’s going to be the crew and who’s not going to be the crew and what’s the middle."
“I knew my contract and who it was with but I did not know when I boarded the plane, I’m positive I didn’t. I did not know Vince had bought it when I left Nashville on that Wednesday, got down there and connecting with people on Thursday.”
Jeff Jarrett then talked about how the younger talents were approaching him as they didn't have long-term deals and huge contracts such as the veterans and the top talents. Jarrett also talked about how he and the younger talents couldn’t fathom a Turner without wrestling.
Jarrett said, “Sort of the younger guys, they were definitely coming to me.” “They knew, I sort of knew what [the WWE] machine looked like up there. I’m like I have no idea what this is going to look like. The end all be all important question was: what does Nitro and Thunder look like moving forward, what is the answer to those kinds of questions of ongoing content creation. It was up in the air. I could not imagine, 12 year old Jeff, TBS had wrestling. Atlanta Braves and professional wrestling, I couldn’t fathom a Turner without wrestling.”
